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Today’s episode topic was suggested to us by a parent who asked for top tips and strategies to support with potty training. To answer some Frequently Asked Questions about potty training, we are joined by members of the parenting and health visiting teams to offer some ideas and thoughts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today’s podcast, we will start our new series all about child development to explore how physical activity helps children learn and how parents can support their children to integrate physical activity into their daily lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for an episode where we are joined by a special guest from the Educational Psychology team to tell us all about Mindfulness and how it can support both parents and children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are joined by special guests to talk to us about a really important topic: safer sleep. They will be talking to us about the importance of safe sleep and some of the key messages and recommendations for parents and carers to think about when planning how their babies will sleep, as well as how they can work with their little one’s early years setting to support safer sleep in the sett...

This week we are joined by special guests for a one-off episode with an update from the Say No to Hate conference in Cornwall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week is Children’s Grief Awareness Week, so this week we are joined by Polly from Penhaligon’s Friends and Sally from the Educational Psychology Service to talk about how children understanding of loss changes as they develop and how we can support children who have experienced bereavement, as well as looking after ourselves as parents through grief. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Today our guests are from a variety of teams who have been working together with schools to support children and families who have English as an Additional Language. We hear more about their work and how schools and parents can support children who have English as an Additional Language. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For today’s podcast, we are joined by a Children’s Rights Officer from Cornwall Council to learn all about children’s rights and how knowing about them can help us as a parents, as well as hearing about some great projects and resources that support parents, carers, children and young people recognise and support children’s rights and have their voices heard in Cornwall. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

In today’s episode, we hear all about the digital offer from Cornwall Libraries – all free resources that parents and carers can access including e-books, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers and much more… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In previous podcast episodes we have talked about how to support little ones in their language and literacy development, so this week we are joined by an Educational Psychologist to talk all about early maths development and how parents and carers can support their little one learning about numbers, shapes and patterns.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Friday 10th October, for World Mental Health Day, the National Literacy Trust are encouraging everyone to ‘Take 10 to Read’. Today, we are joined by Jo from the National Literacy Trust in Cornwall to tell us more about the campaign and to inspire us all the take 10 to read and boost our own wellbeing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the summer we were joined on a previous podcast by Kate from Headstart Kernow who gave us an overview of what Headstart Kernow offers, but there was so much more we could have talked about. So, this week we are joined by Ness and Claire to tell us more about Headstart Kernow and what they offer to families. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this week’s podcast, we were sent a topic suggestion by a parent: ‘how to handle your child’s anger’ so this week, we are joined by Parenting Workers Lucy and Emily to discuss this topic and find out more about what anger is, how we help children regulate their emotions and learn about their feelings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this week’s podcast, we were sent a topic suggestion by a parent: ‘Saying no and how to deal with the backlash’ so this week, we are joined by Senior Parenting Worker Kyra to discuss this topic and get her thoughts on tips and strategies to say no and support children with their big feelings about hearing the word ‘no’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode of the Nurturing New Beginnings series, we are joined by Cat, a Senior Parenting Worker for some top tips and strategies to support both parents and children with the transition back-to-school after the summer holidays. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the next episode of the mini-series focused on transitions we are focused again on starting secondary school. This time we will joined by Peta from Kooth, who will be sharing thoughts and ideas in particular around supporting your young person’s emotional wellbeing and any worries they might have about the change.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of the mini-series focused on transitions we are going to be focusing on starting secondary school. This time we will joined by Kate from Headstart Kernow, who will be sharing tips, strategies and resources for how parents can support their young person with the transition to secondary school.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the summer holidays, we will be taking a look at school transitions. This week, we continue our conversation with Parenting Workers about the transition to starting primary school, this time focused on managing emotions around starting school and how routines and visual timetables can help with a smooth start at school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the summer holidays, we will be taking a look at school transitions. This week, we start with the transition to starting primary school with a conversation with Parenting Workers about school readiness and independence skills. Additionally, we are joined by Debbie from the Family Information Service with an update on changes to childcare funding that will be coming in September. Hosted on Aca...

In the final episode of our mini-series with ideas for places to go and things to do over the summer holidays, we are joined by Gabby from the parenting team to talk about the Nurturing New Beginnings sessions that they will be running over the summer, Jo from the National Literacy Trust in Cornwall to share their summer offer, Sadie from Healthy Cornwall to tell us about their activities over the...

For today’s podcast, we are in a mini-series about opportunities and things to do over the summer holidays this year with the family. We are joined by Andy from Cornwall Libraries to tell us all about the offer from the local libraries as well as the fantastic summer reading challenge for children aged 4-11 as well as the mini challenge for children aged 0-4. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Over the next 3 episodes, we are going to hear from different services across Cornwall to find out more about how we can find activities and things to do over the summer holidays for families, children and young people. This week we are joined by Family Information Service Advisors to share with us how the Family Information Service directory can help. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

In the third and final episode of our Journey to Parenthood series, we are joined by a Specialist Infant Feeding Health Visitor to talk about all things infant feeding, including feeding cues, getting breastfeeding off to a good start and responsive bottle feeding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for the second episode in our Journey to Parenthood series. This week we are joined by Charmari from OnePlusOne to talk about how having a baby can bring about changes to our lives and to our relationships, and she will be sharing some ideas and resources for navigating this transition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for a brand-new mini-series, ‘Journey to Parenthood’ where over the next 3 weeks, we will be focused on the support and services available to expectant parents in the antenatal and early postnatal periods. Today, we will be talking all about the maternity services in Cornwall for parents-to-be and their families. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.